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Thomas Ferraro

Professor of Biomedical Sciences; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Disciplines

  • Neuroscience and Neurobiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Medical Genetics

Research Interests

  • neurological and psychiatric illnesses
  • Current projects involve genetic mouse models of epilepsy, opioid addiction and neurodevelopmental disorders such as Rett Syndrome
  • DNA alterations in the brain of individuals with schizophrenia and another to study similar genetic alterations in individuals with cocaine addiction

Gonzalo A. Carrasco

Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Disciplines

  • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Medical Pharmacology

Research Interests

  • identifying fundamental biochemical and cellular mechanisms regulating serotonin and dopamine receptor signaling in the brain by drugs of abuse and its implications for the treatment of neuropsychiatric and substance abuse disorders
  • effects of cannabinoids (marijuana-like compounds) & cocaine on serotonin and dopamine neurotransmission

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  1. Medical Pharmacology
  2. Neurosciences

Discipline

    1. Neurosciences
    2. Medical Pharmacology
    3. Pharmacology 3
    4. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 2
    5. Neuroscience and Neurobiology 1

Research Interest

    1. Current projects involve genetic mouse models of epilepsy, opioid addiction and neurodevelopmental disorders such as Rett Syndrome 1
    2. DNA alterations in the brain of individuals with schizophrenia and another to study similar genetic alterations in individuals with cocaine addiction 1
    3. Physiology 1
    4. Regulation of sensory neuron function 1
    5. Regulation of the sympathoadrenal stress response 1

Organization

    1. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 4

Position

    1. Faculty Member 4